Today's weather - cloudy, calm, and about 65 degrees - was perfect for birds, and they were out and active all morning. We caught 72 new birds, a number of them more than once. We also recaptured numerous birds from recent days, including 3 of our semi-rares - the Tennessee Warbler from yesterday and the Chestnut-sided and Blackpoll from Sunday. Today's bird-of-the-day was an Olive-sided Flycatcher - seemed BIG after so many Yellow and Wilson's Warblers! Here's the breakdown for the new birds:
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Cassin's Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 22 American Redstart 1 Wilson's Warbler 20 Chipping Sparrow 19 Song Sparrow 1 Closed tomorrow (Wednesday); then open daily through Monday, 9/12. Our closed day next week will be Tuesday, 9/13. Meredith McBurney Bander, Barr Lake Station, Adams County Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
